Retail Assistant Store Manager

Assistant Store Manager Opportunity:

Lead, inspire, and excel – creating amazing value everyday!

As an Assistant Store Manager, you are the vital link between the Store Manager and the store team. Youre assuming a pivotal role in shaping the experiences of both your team and the customers journey within the community you serve. Your day-to-day actions drive sales and allow you to use your creative flair when merchandising on and off plan to showcase our amazing value on GM and FMCG products within the store, creating an environment where our core values of love our customers, care for our colleagues, and protect the pounds (and euros) come to life.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Why Choose Us?

• A member of our annual Retail Management Bonus Scheme acknowledging your contributions to our success.
• Professional development, including the opportunity to pursue up to a Retail Manager Level 3 qualification through an apprenticeship.
• Comprehensive induction plan and the opportunity to complete in-house development programmes, setting you up for success.
• Rota’s are scheduled four-weeks in advance, creating a culture that cares for your life outside of work.
• Holiday allowance increasing by one day per year (up to 33 days), plus an extra day for your Birthday.
• Enhanced Family friendly benefits and life assurance.
• In-store discount of 10% along with exclusive discounts through our colleague online benefits portal.
• All year-round initiatives to recognise and reward our colleagues.
• Access to Employee Assistance to support your well-being.

Your Impact:

Love our customers:

• Customers are at the forefront of everything we do. You are a role model in delivering excellent customer service consistently to the highest of standards.
• Always going above and beyond for our customers, whether greeting them, assisting them, or jumping on the checkouts – Keeping our two is a queue initiative in mind.

Care for our colleagues:

• Create a safe environment for your team and ensure all policies and procedures are followed.
• Work alongside the Store Manager to help support the team around you.
• Managing new colleagues inductions and collaborating with supervisors to drive ongoing training and development through on-the-job coaching.

Protect the pounds (and euros):

• Leading daily huddles to ensure commercial objectives, including sales, service, and shrink, are communicated, and achieved.
• Ensure all our products are priced, merchandised and maintained to ensure the store runs smoothly.

Ready to Join Us?

This opportunity is for those ready to make an impact in a vibrant retail environment. Wed love to hear from you if youre driven to lead, inspire, and excel. Apply now and take your first step in a fulfilling career with us.

About us...

Since opening its first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland & Dealz, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day.

Poundland & Dealz offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. It is on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer. While the majority of items in its stores are at its original £1 price point, it is extending ranges above and below £1 that also offer amazing value.

Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.

Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of its larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a standalone brand, offers customers a full range of women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that’s hard to find on local high streets.

PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.

Sounds like you? apply today!

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: Up to €36,264.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Work Location: In person